Dan McAuley is an Emeritus at the Eastern Ecological Science Center
EDUCATION:
Niagara University (NY), Sociology, 9/69-5/73 - B.A., 1973
University of Maine, Orono, Wildlife Management, 1/74-12/75 - B.S., 1976
University of Maine, Orono, Wildlife Management, 9/83-5/84 - M.S. 1986
TECHNICAL TRAINING RECEIVED:
-Agricultural Biometrics, 3 semester hr, University of Maryland, 1981.
-Herbicides and Wildlife workshop (1/2 day), Maine Chapter TWS, 1990
-Bio-diversity and Critical Areas workshop (1/2 day), Maine Chapter TWS, 1990
-GIS workshop (1/2 day), Maine chapter TWS, 1991
-Controlled Burning in Habitat Management (1/2 day), Maine chapter TWS, 1992
-Data Analysis for Studies of Marked Birds, EURING 94 Conference, Sept. 19-24, 1994
-Identification, Biology, and Ecology of Aquatic Flowering Plants, Eagle Hill Field Research Station, Aug. 13-19, 1995
-Structured Decision Making and Rapid Prototyping, NCTC, WVA September 13-17, 2010
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT:
- DATES: From July 6, 2008 To: Present. Station Leader, Research Wildlife Biologist Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Orono, ME.
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Fall Survival of American Woodcock on Cape May, NJ
The American woodcock is a popular game bird in much of eastern North America. The woodcock population declined between 1968- 2000 at an annual rate of 2.3% in the Eastern region and 1.6% in the Central region. Estimated annual survival of woodcock banded in the Eastern region was estimated to be 0.354 for the period 1967-74. Estimates for the migration period, a period when substantial mortality...
Feasibility of Aerial Surveys to Census Red-necked Phalaropes in the Bay of Fundy
The Challenge: Is it possible to monitor numbers of migrating red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) in the Bay of Fundy? Currently aerial surveys are flown during late summer to determine location and approximate size of current stopover concentrations. This research will assess the effectiveness of using aircraft to conduct surveys; determine a protocol for the placement and spacing of...
Survival and Recruitment of Common Eiders in the Gulf of Maine
The dresseri race of common eiders breed from central Labrador to southern Maine and winter from Newfoundland to Massachusetts. The breeding population in the mid-1980s was estimated to be 71,000 pairs, of those 40% were in Maine. In Maine, nesting eiders increased from a few pairs in the early 1900s to approximately 28,000 pairs in 1989. Although the number of birds seems to be stable, the number...
Response of Avian Community to Forest Management on Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
The Challenge: Research goals focus on measurement of direct effects of various habitat management techniques for game species on neotropical migratory birds. Analyses are ongoing to determine if avian species richness, diversity, and relative abundance of land birds has changed at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge as a result of habitat management; determine if the structure of the avian...
Monitoring migration of American woodcock past Cape May, NJ
The American woodcock is a popular game bird in much of eastern North America. The woodcock population declined between 1968- 2000 at an annual rate of 2.3% in the Eastern region and 1.6% in the Central region. The annual migration of woodcock from the breeding grounds to their wintering areas has been of interest to biologists and hunters. Migration corridors along the Atlantic coast, such as...
Analyses of Woodcock Singing Ground Surveys in the Northeast
The Challenge: Research goals of this project seek to determine if survey routes for American woodcock are sampling represenative habitats and whether routes are distributed proportionally to early successional habitats and biophysical regions across Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. If routes are not representatively distributed (i.e., biased), we will evaluate the effects of this bias on...
Adaptive Management of American Woodcock in the Atlantic Northern Forest Bird Conservation Region
The Challenge: Research goals of this project seek to take an adaptive approch to habitat management for American woodcock. Under this process a mix of early successional forest habitat will be created following the allowable guidelines of state forest management, National Wildlife Refuge management plans, and commercial timber management plans; management actions will consist of various...
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Fall Survival of American Woodcock on Cape May, NJ
The American woodcock is a popular game bird in much of eastern North America. The woodcock population declined between 1968- 2000 at an annual rate of 2.3% in the Eastern region and 1.6% in the Central region. Estimated annual survival of woodcock banded in the Eastern region was estimated to be 0.354 for the period 1967-74. Estimates for the migration period, a period when substantial mortality...Feasibility of Aerial Surveys to Census Red-necked Phalaropes in the Bay of Fundy
The Challenge: Is it possible to monitor numbers of migrating red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) in the Bay of Fundy? Currently aerial surveys are flown during late summer to determine location and approximate size of current stopover concentrations. This research will assess the effectiveness of using aircraft to conduct surveys; determine a protocol for the placement and spacing of...Survival and Recruitment of Common Eiders in the Gulf of Maine
The dresseri race of common eiders breed from central Labrador to southern Maine and winter from Newfoundland to Massachusetts. The breeding population in the mid-1980s was estimated to be 71,000 pairs, of those 40% were in Maine. In Maine, nesting eiders increased from a few pairs in the early 1900s to approximately 28,000 pairs in 1989. Although the number of birds seems to be stable, the number...Response of Avian Community to Forest Management on Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
The Challenge: Research goals focus on measurement of direct effects of various habitat management techniques for game species on neotropical migratory birds. Analyses are ongoing to determine if avian species richness, diversity, and relative abundance of land birds has changed at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge as a result of habitat management; determine if the structure of the avian...Monitoring migration of American woodcock past Cape May, NJ
The American woodcock is a popular game bird in much of eastern North America. The woodcock population declined between 1968- 2000 at an annual rate of 2.3% in the Eastern region and 1.6% in the Central region. The annual migration of woodcock from the breeding grounds to their wintering areas has been of interest to biologists and hunters. Migration corridors along the Atlantic coast, such as...Analyses of Woodcock Singing Ground Surveys in the Northeast
The Challenge: Research goals of this project seek to determine if survey routes for American woodcock are sampling represenative habitats and whether routes are distributed proportionally to early successional habitats and biophysical regions across Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. If routes are not representatively distributed (i.e., biased), we will evaluate the effects of this bias on...Adaptive Management of American Woodcock in the Atlantic Northern Forest Bird Conservation Region
The Challenge: Research goals of this project seek to take an adaptive approch to habitat management for American woodcock. Under this process a mix of early successional forest habitat will be created following the allowable guidelines of state forest management, National Wildlife Refuge management plans, and commercial timber management plans; management actions will consist of various... - Data
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